The Thorn Birds | The Thorn Birds - The Complete Miniseries [VHS]

my all-time favorite mini-series ever!!!!! | The Thorn Birds - The Complete Miniseries [VHS] | Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward

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	• The Thorn Birds - The Complete Miniseries [VHS] Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward Warner Home Video, 1995 average customer review:based on 220 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The Thorn Birds

Watching this old mini series reminded me that there was a time when programs played on tv were worth watching. I feel it was well worth the money I spent.

The Thorn Birds

This was the perfect gift for my mom! It came in a timely fashion, in great condition and was reasonably priced!

my all-time favorite mini-series ever!!!!!

i waited so long to finally buy this wonderful mini-series. the last time i saw it was about 10 years ago. i enjoyed it so much,almost as much as the first time i saw it...i will treasure it always!!!

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Best Movie ever! I love it so much that I don't want the movie to end...

I first read the book when I was still a college student in China. The story was so beautiful and I remember that I finished reading the story within one day, did not even get time to eat because I could not stop reading. It was such a touching, romantic and sad story and made me crying and crying.

Now 15 years later, I was read the story in English again. The story in English is just equally beautiful and was more subtle and revealing in some areas than the Chinese translated version. The Chinese version did an excellent job too though.

Then I finally bought the DVD. Oh, I have to say that the whole cast crew were just phenomenal. They are just what I imagined they should have looked like. Richard Chamerlain was just unbelievable. He was Ralph. As one other reviewer pointed us, once you watch the movie, you'd wish that these people are live and truly exist.

What a struggle between flesh and soul. What a guilty yet pure love! This is definitely a DVD I will keep forever.

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Classic chick sudser

There is so much that has already been said about this (mostly overextended hype) that I will not elaborate. However, it is interesting to read the effusive reviews lauding this on par with an Australian Gone With The Wind. It's not even close. It does have the verboten theme concerning a Catholic Priest who is tormented with guilt,lust,love,etc., now standard stuff which was pretty shocking when the book first came out, but, considering the goings-on in the church now, tame by comparison. Richard Chamberlain tends to go a little over the top in his portrayal of Ralph De Bricassart, his love scenes are rather laughable. Rachel Ward is absolutely unbelievable as Meggie Cleary. An actress she defintely is NOT!
I read somewhere that her acting was so bad at times while making this series that Richard Chamberlain used to bang his head against a wall in frustration. Barbara Stanwyck, of course, is always terrific in anything she does. She extends a tremendously moving performance as the aging doyenne of Drogheda, lusting for Ralph. She is, really, the only reason to watch. The rest of the actors, in particular Jean Simmons and Richard Kiley, are excellent in their characterizations; however, although it has the scope and depth of an epic,it is still just a tremendously overblown chick flick.

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The second most-watched miniseries (after Roots) of all time, The Thorn Birds was originally broadcast in 1983 and captivated viewers with its story of a lifelong conflict between the spirit and the flesh. Adapted from the bestselling novel by Colleen McCullough, the production stars Richard Chamberlain as a Catholic priest named Ralph de Bricassart, whose life in Australia between 1920 and 1962 is one long torment as he pines for his lover, Meggie Carson (Rachel Ward), while seeking advancement in his clergyman career. The passion and the guilt make for compelling drama, but a stellar cast of supporting players adds muscle to the proceedings: Barbara Stanwyck (who won an Emmy for her work as Meggie's tough grandmother), Jean Simmons, Richard Kiley, Christopher Plummer, Bryan Brown, and Mare Winningham. Chamberlain, who was something of the king of the miniseries form at the time, is very good in the lead, as is the often-underrated Ward. Their affair is indeed irresistible to watch, which proves to be true, too, of the story's thick weave of church politics, forbidden desire, social change over decades, and family secrets. --Tom Keogh

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